{"product_id":"ecotherapy-in-practice-9780415785969","title":"Ecotherapy in Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcotherapy in Practice\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the growing interest and research in this field. Drawing on a diversity of experience from the counselling and psychotherapy professions, but also from practitioners in community work, mental health and education, this book explores the exciting and innovative possibilities involved in practising outdoors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Brazier brings to bear her experience and knowledge as a psychotherapist, group worker and trainer over several decades to think about therapeutic work outdoors in all its forms. The book presents a model of ecotherapy based on principles drawn from Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy which focuses particularly on the relationship between person and environment at three levels, moving from the personal level of individual history to cultural influences, then finally to global circumstances, all of which condition mind-states and psychological wellbeing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcotherapy in Practice will provide refreshing a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Ten Directions approach, as described in Caroline Brazier’s very helpful book Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model, provides a useful framework for working in many different styles of outdoor healing, social or educational endeavors. This guide is a marvelous contribution to our field.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinda Buzzell\u003c\/strong\u003e, Co-editor, \"Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind\" (Sierra Club Books)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In her book,\u003cb\u003e Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model, \u003c\/b\u003eBrazier offers a new conceptual model for ecotherapy practice. This is intelligently woven together using ideas from Buddhism and the field of psychotherapy. Interspersed throughout the book is clear guidance for anyone wishing to work therapeutically outdoors. Brazier shows how Buddhism offers a natural home for ecotherapy with its teachings on mindfulness, presence, interconnectedness, reciprocity and the nature of change. This is a much needed practice as we head into climate change and global social unrest.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary-Jayne Rust,\u003c\/strong\u003e Ecopsychologist, Jungian Analyst, Art Therapist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Ten Directions approach, as described in Caroline Brazier’s very helpful book Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model, provides a useful framework for working in many different styles of outdoor healing, social or educational endeavors. This guide is a marvelous contribution to our field.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinda Buzzell\u003c\/strong\u003e, Co-editor, \"Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind\" (Sierra Club Books)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In her book,\u003cb\u003e Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model, \u003c\/b\u003eBrazier offers a new conceptual model for ecotherapy practice. This is intelligently woven together using ideas from Buddhism and the field of psychotherapy. Interspersed throughout the book is clear guidance for anyone wishing to work therapeutically outdoors. Brazier shows how Buddhism offers a natural home for ecotherapy with its teachings on mindfulness, presence, interconnectedness, reciprocity and the nature of change. This is a much needed practice as we head into climate change and global social unrest.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary-Jayne Rust,\u003c\/strong\u003e Ecopsychologist, Jungian Analyst, Art Therapist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Caroline Brazier proves to be a wise and accomplished guide for practitioners wishing to navigate the vibrant territory of nature-based therapy. Written in an engaging readable style, the book traverses a wide range of current ecotherapeutic thinking, the way illuminated by her extensive clinical experience. This is all woven seamlessly into a coherent theoretical framework alongside extensive practical guidance. With this rich landscape, she provides practitioners of all modalities with much needed support for an ethical mindful approach to outdoor therapy in its many different guises. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayley Marshall, \u003ci\u003eUKCP Reg Psychotherapist;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eClinical Director, The Centre for Natural Reflection, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcotherapy in Practice \u003c\/i\u003eis a fabulous wide-ranging tool-box for those who are both new to ecotherapy, as well as more seasoned practitioners, and I know I shall be dipping into it again in the months and years to come. It is an invaluable contribution to the body of ecotherapy and ecopsychology books already available.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransformations, The Journal for Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Autumn 2018)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection One: The Therapeutic Container\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Conditions for Change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Embodied Presence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Sacred Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Two: The Theoretical Base\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Concepts, Models and Practicalities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Object-Related Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Triangular Relationship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Three: Personal Process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: The Personal Frame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Conditioned View\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Encounter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Four: Collective and Cultural Frames\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Collective Process, Myth and Ritual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Working with Myth and Story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Creativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Five: Global Context and \u003cb\u003eWider Horizons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Environmentally-based Therapy in Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: Vibrancy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fifteen: Embedded Living\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018195403095,"sku":"9780415785969","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415785969.jpg?v=1750775982","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ecotherapy-in-practice-9780415785969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}